Dependence of Reaction Rate On Concentration of Reactants

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Dependence of Reaction Rate On Concentration of Reactants: Overview

This topic explains the dependence of reaction rate on concentration of reactants. It also discusses the way of writing a rate of reaction, the law of mass action, and characteristics of rate constant.

Important Questions on Dependence of Reaction Rate On Concentration of Reactants

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_____ (Law of mass action/Rate law) is an equation which represents the ratio between the masses of products and masses of reactants whose power is raised according to their stoichiometric coefficients.

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Rate law expression is experimentally obtained, while law of mass action is theoretically obtained.

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Rate law expression is theoritically obtained, while law of mass action is experimentally obtained.

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Law of mass action states that the rate of any chemical reaction is proportional to the product of the masses of the reacting substances, with each mass raised to a power equal to the coefficient that occurs in the chemical equation. 

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Law of _____ (conservation of mass/mass action) states that the rate of any chemical reaction is proportional to the product of the masses of the reacting substances, with each mass raised to a power equal to the coefficient that occurs in the chemical equation. 

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The units of rate constant is same as that of rate. The order of the reaction is:

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Rate law cannot be determined from balanced chemical equation if _____.

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Rate law cannot be determined from balanced chemical equation if _______.

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The rate of reaction, A Products is 1.25×10-2M/s when concentration of A is 0.45M. Determine the rate constant if the reaction is second order in A.

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The following results were obtained in the decomposition of H2O2 in KI solution at 30°C

t/s 100 200 300
Volume of O2 collected/cm3 7.3 13.9 19.6 65.0

Show that the reaction is first order. Calculate the rate constant of the reaction.

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From the following data for the liquid phase reaction A  B, determine the order of the reaction and calculate its rate constant.

t/s 0 600 1200 1800
[A]/mol L-1 0.624 0.446 0.318 0.226

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For the reaction, A2+B+CAC+AB, it is found that tripling the concentration of A2 triples the rate, doubling the concentration of C doubles the rate and doubling the concentration of B has no effect.

Why the change in concentration of B has no effect?

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For the reaction, A2+B+CAC+AB, it is found that tripling the concentration of A2 triples the rate, doubling the concentration of C doubles the rate and doubling the concentration of B has no effect.

What is the rate law?

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Comment on the relationship between coefficients of the balanced overall equation for a reaction and the exponents to which the concentration terms in the rate law are raised. What do these exponents represent?

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Write the rate law for the following reaction:
A reaction that is second order in NO and first order in Br2.
 

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For the reaction 2A + B  products, find the rate law from the following data

[A]/M [B]/M rate/MS-1
0.3 0.05 0.15
0.6 0.05 0.30
0.6 0.20 1.20

What is the rate constant and order of the reaction?
 

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Consider the reaction 2A + 2B  2C + D. From the following data, calculate the order and rate constant of the reaction.

[A]0/M [B0]/M r0/MS-1
0.488 0.160 0.24
0.244 0.160 0.06
0.244 0.320 0.12

Write the rate law of the reaction.

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The reaction A+B products is first order in each of the reactants.

What is the change in the rate if concentration of A is doubled and that of B is halved ?

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The reaction A+B products is first order in each of the reactants.

What is the change in the rate if the concentration of each reactant is tripled?